Clothes-washing apparatus



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CLOTHES WASHING APPARATUS. No. 262,807. Patented Aug. 15, 1882.

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UNITED STATES DENNIS MCDONALD, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

CLOTH ES-WASHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,807, dated August15, 1882.

Application filed April 28, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DENNIS MCDONALD, ofNiagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Clothes Washing Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive, simple, andconvenient device or apparatus especially adapted to be used inconnection with an oil or gas stove for cleansing clothes.

The invention consists of a fountain-boiler having a concave or recessedbottom and a flattened circulating-pipe below its bottom, and a suitableframe for supporting the boiler over an oil or gas stove, which framealso contains a wash-tub, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedclothes-washing apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of thesame on line x 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevationof a portion of the boiler on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4. is apartial sectional elevation, showing a modified form of boiler.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a rectangular frame supported onlegs A A, and divided by a vertical partition, B, into two compartments,one of which, 0, is designed as a wash-tub, and has in its bottom anorifice, a, for emptying it. A cross-bar, b, is fixed in the bottom ofthe tub O to serve as a bearing for the lower end of the wash-board Dwhen the latter is in use.

The compartment E is open at the bottom, and has fixed on its sides,near its top, strips or ledges c c, that serve to support the boiler F,which is thereby suspended within said compartment E, with its topnearly on a level with the top thereof and its bottom extending nearlyto the bottom thereof. The boiler F has sloping sides and ends narrowingtoward the bottom for the purpose of affording ample room about it forthe circulation of the hot air and products of combustion from the stovethat is designed to be placed beneath it.

(ModeL) In order to utilize in as great a degree as possible the heatfrom the stove or other source of heat, and to create an improvedcirculation of water within the boiler F, said boiler F is provided witha flattened water-circulating pipe, F, open at both ends, and extendingfrom about half-way up the boiler on the inside thereof at one end, downthrough the bottom, thence along the whole length thereof in theconcavity h, and up through the bottom again and on a level with theinside thereof. This pipe F is for the most of its horizontal extensiona short distanceaway from the bottom of the boiler F, so that a space,m, is left between them for the free circulation ofahot air and gaseswhen used in combination with the frame.

Instead of constructing the boiler with the flattened pipe arranged in aconcavity in its bottom, the concavity may be dispensed with, and theflattened pipe secured underneath the boiler and connected therewith, asshown in Fig. 4. It will be observed that the upward extension of thepipe F is formed by means of a plate secured to the wall of the boiler,whereby the column of Water is brought nearer to the source of heat thanin other fountainboilers, and the extension is thus made cheaper in itsconstruction.

I do not confine myself to the precise construction of boiler hereinshown, as it is manifest that modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from my inventionas, for instance, the boiler may be of anyconvenient shape, instead of rectangular, and the sides may be madevertical instead of converging toward the bottom.

The lower part of the compartment E is lined with sheet metal G toprotect the wood from the heat of the stove, and ventilatingorifices gare formed through the sides of said compartment E for the escape of thegases and other products of combustion arising from the stove, and toinduce a free circulation of hot air about the boiler F.

F represents the cover of the boiler.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clothes-washing apparatus consisting of the frame A, containing thewash-tub G, the boiler-receptacle E, provided with the lining G andventilating-orifices g, and the removable boiler F, provided with theflattened watercirculating pipe F, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the boiler F, having 1 a concavity or recess inthe bottom, and the flattened water-circulating pipe F, arranged 10within the said concavity or recess and terminating within said boiler,substantially as shown and described.

DENNIS MCDONALD.

Witnesses:

J. B. KING, H. J. WARE.

